Alpe D'Huez 175.5km Stage 12.
A severe test of man and machine, God help the Sprinters !
Cavendish & Kittel already timed out or Abandoned, I expect several more today.
One for the purist climbers who may be allowed to go by the GC as they are several minutes behind overall.
Selections..
Kruijswijk
Letour
Zakarin
Barguil.

Albertville to La Rosiere 108.5km
2 X Huge HC climbs a Cat2 climb and a finishing Cat1 summit finish..
With GC riders needing to play catch up.
Thomas, Quintana, Bardet, Yates & Froome all need to be close at the finish, Alaphilippe looked dominant yesterday, outsiders to watch Latour, Pozzivivo & Barguil..
1.G Thomas.
2.T Dumoulin.
3.C Froome.
Early attacks and breakaways from Alaphilippe, Caruso & Barguil were counter attacked on several occasions, eventually it was Alaphillipe who capitulated with Dumoulin and Nieve joining the leaders on the final climb. Barguil slipped back and the GC contenders of Thomas, Martin, Froome, Quintana, Bardet took up the chase. Eventually Nieve was caught insight of the line by a resurgent Thomas who swept past in the final 200 metres,...

Stage 10 - Annecy > Le Grand-Bornand 158km
With 3 Cat 1 climbs a HC Cat climb and two other smaller climbs this has to be one of the hardest stages of this years race and will come as a shock to many riders, as so far there has been no climbing of note so far. The Tempo, Cadence and effort will all be different.
A Stage for GC contenders and purist Climbers, the race finish follows a steep decent. In my opinion, the three best descending climbers are.
1. Bardet.
2. Froome.
3. Nibali.
However, a purist climber who is a long way back on GC may take this stage ahead of the GC riders.
RESULT...
1. Alaphilippe.
2. Izaguirre.
3. Taaramae.

Stage 9. Roubaix.
Several teams have specialist Riders who ride the Northern Classics. Although this is a shortened version of the Classic Paris - Roubaix, you will probably see the beefed-up equipment.28/32mm tyres width instead of the regular 23/25mm.
In total there are 15 of the 27 segments of cobbles/Paves from the Classic Roubaix in use. Several of the specialist riders will be on Guard Duty for their Team Leaders. Expect Mosconi to lead out Froome & Thomas.
My Selections.
1. Sagan.
2. Avermaet.
RESULT....
1.Degenkolb.
2. Avermaet.
3.Lampert.
4.Gilbert.
5.Sagan.
What an amazing race from the start to the finish, if you missed it, watch the highlights or Catch-up. I couldn't take my eyes of this fantastic race. So much happened it would take a book to...

Stage 8.
Just a comment on stage 7 It was a very quiet day at the Tour de France, with the regular sprinters fighting out a brief sprint, following what was more like a 230km Sunday Club Ride. Quite a pointless Stage without wind or bad weather which would have certainly spiced up this drab affair.
1. Groenewegen.
2. Gaviria.
3. Sagan..
Dreux to Amiens is 181km and has a few Hills early on that may create some splits and in doing so dropping some of the sprinters. I expect Sagan and Colbrelli to make it through to the last 50km with the rest of the Peloton and that may be enough, the final 50km is flat and slightly downhill. Much depends on the early pace, a fast first half of this race could be destructive, but my feelings are with the Cobbles of Roubaix to come on Sunday,...

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